Twenty Significant Historic Battles of KwaZulu-Natal

Twenty Significant Historic Battles of KwaZulu-Natal, A Pictorial Souvenir of the Battles of KwaZulu-Natal from 1818 -1901.

Published by Art Publishers, 2003, glossy pages, colour photographic illustrations, 24.8 cms x 29.6 cms, condition: as new.

When you stand on the KwaZulu-Natal battlefields you can't help but feel something powerful - a tangible sense of what went down there. Tales of bloody battles, ambush, intrigue and fearsome warriors set the scene for a remarkably historic period of 80 years.

The protagonists involved in these wars paid a heavy price. Many fought and died bravely to claim the land between the foothills of the Drakensberg and the ocean. It was a unique struggle in that, at first, each side faced an unknown enemy. The fearless might of the Zulus engaged forces with devastating artillery and mounted horseman.Head-on confrontations occurred between huge numbers of spear-carrying Zulu foot-soldiers and the fire-power of the Red-Coats. Each in turn had to deal with the wily determination of the Boers and their guerrilla-warfare tactics. Strategic thinking and cunning manoeuvres were all important. The Battle of Blood River, Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift and Spionkop became legend.